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개요
M-25-21 addresses agency use and governance, M-25-22 addresses procurement, and M-26-04 adds AI principles for certain large language models. Agencies should read each memo’s scope and current status rather than treat them as rules for private-sector users.
심층 분석
OMB memoranda translate federal policy and statutes into directions for agencies. They can set deadlines, responsibilities and minimum processes, but their audience and scope are defined in each document. An agency should not assume that one AI memo covers every technology, mission or national-security system, and private organizations should not treat federal internal guidance as a general law that directly governs them. OMB Memorandum M-25-21, issued in April 2025, sets out governance, innovation and public-trust requirements for covered agency AI use. It rescinded and replaced the prior M-24-10. It addresses AI developed, used or acquired by or for covered agencies, including agency governance, use-case inventories and additional requirements for high-impact uses. The memo describes high impact in terms of outputs serving as a principal basis for decisions or actions with legal, material, binding or significant effects on rights or safety. The specific implementation rules and exceptions must be read in the memorandum itself. M-25-22, issued the same day, addresses federal AI acquisition and replaced M-24-18. It focuses on how agencies buy AI, including competition, data portability, interoperability and contract terms. M-26-04, dated December 2025, sets Unbiased AI Principles for covered agency use of large language models and complements M-25-21 and M-25-22. It has its own defined agency and model scope and excludes national-security systems as specified in the memo. These documents are related, but their requirements are not identical. The OMB memorandum index is important because guidance can be revised, rescinded or supplemented. A sound summary identifies the memo number, issue date, covered agencies, technology, requirement, exceptions and any later amendment. When a requirement conflicts with another law or policy, agencies must resolve that through authorized legal and policy channels rather than choosing whichever memo is easier. Public versions of inventories and reporting may have their own exceptions. Always consult current official text and agency implementation materials. Legal offices should review edge cases.
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위험과 안전
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더 명확한 결정들
공공 및 전문 지식은 강력한 안전 정책이 정치적으로 가능한지 여부를 결정합니다.
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The Future of OMB Memos on Federal Agency AI Use
Federal AI guidance may change as OMB issues new memoranda, the administration updates policy and Congress revises statutory requirements. Agencies may refine inventories, high-impact definitions, procurement practices or model-specific principles. National-security uses can follow separate directives. Administrators should maintain a current crosswalk, track rescissions and identify an owner for each requirement rather than relying on a copied checklist. Recheck official guidance at least annually. Policy teams should assign owners for status checks, internal controls and public inventories where required. This work continues.
실제 구현
An agency team checks whether an AI use case meets M-25-21’s high-impact definition before applying its additional safeguards.
A procurement officer uses M-25-22 to address vendor documentation, data portability and interoperability in an AI contract.
A governance lead checks M-26-04 scope and its national-security exception before applying its requirements to a model.
A reader checks OMB’s memorandum index for rescissions and updates before quoting an older AI memo.
위험 및 가드레일
실존적 위험을 공상과학처럼 다루면서 능력을 합성합니다.
높은 자율성 하에서 정렬과 표면 제품 안전성을 혼동합니다.
영어가 아니거나 전문가가 아닌 청중에게는 품질이 낮은 소스만 남겨 둡니다.
구현 로드맵
제품 손상, 오용, 통제력 상실/잘못 정렬 위험을 분리합니다.
일정과 심각도에 대한 귀하의 견해를 바꿀 수 있는 증거가 무엇인지 물어보십시오.
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자주 묻는 질문
What is OMB Memos on Federal Agency AI Use?
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memoranda set requirements and guidance for covered federal agencies that develop, acquire or use AI. M-25-21 addresses agency use and governance, M-25-22 addresses procurement, and M-26-04 adds AI principles for certain large language models. Agencies should read each memo’s scope and current status rather than treat them as rules for private-sector users.
Which memo contains Unbiased AI Principles for certain LLM use?
M-26-04 sets LLM-related principles and complements the 2025 memos.
What should procurement staff consult alongside the memo?
OMB guidance works alongside statutes and agency implementation rules.
How should an agency verify whether an older memo is current?
The index lists current memoranda and later rescissions or updates.
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